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19. The last scene of the managers farce [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 May 1795]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 46. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Letters on the design refer to an 'Explanation' etched below the title. A scene on the stage of a theatre symbolizes Westminster Hall. In the foreground a large cauldron is sinking through a rectangular opening in the floor. It is inscribed 'A. \ Exit in Fumo', explained as 'The Managers Cauldron'. From it rises a dense mass of dark smoke which divides into two curving branches, one on each side of a brightly irradiated bust of Hastings. The bust looks towards the Managers' box (right) and stands on a large rectangular pedestal inscribed: 'Virtus repulsæ \ nescia sordidæ \ incontaminatis \ fulget honoribus'. The cauldron is filled with burning documents, the origin of the smoke, inscribed, respectively: 'Charge', 'Charge Presents', 'Charge of Oppression', 'Charge of Cruelty', 'Charge of Extortion', 'Charge of Peculation in Contracts', 'Torture'. These are: 'B Ingredients mix'd up by the Managers to blacken C a character out of their reach'. Standing within another rectangular opening in the floor is Burke in profile to the left, gesticulating furiously, a paint-brush in his raised right hand, a document, 'more Ingredients', clasped in his left hand. He is: 'D One of the Managers & a principal Performer who having "Out-heroded Herod" retires from the Stage in a Passion at seeing the Farce likely to be damn'd.' Above the bust are two projecting beams, each supported by an angel (as in Westminster Hall), wearing a judge's wig and gown with a scroll issuing from the mouth. The figure on the left is Thurlow, looking calmly down, his hand on his breast and saying: "not black upon my Honour." The other is Loughborough, his head turned away, showing the back of his wig only (cf. BMSat 6796), and saying: "Black upon my Honour". They are: 'K a great Critic in a high Situation, who has paid close Attention. L another great Critic, not quite so good a Judge, giving his Opinion on the other Side'. On the right is a stage-box, representing the Managers' box. From it Fox, wearing a bag-wig, leans forward, looking excitedly and near-sightedly through his glass, his hand outstretched as if to restrain Burke. Behind him is the quasi-imbecile profile of Sir James Erskine (see BMSat 7152) looking over his shoulder. On the extreme right are the backs of the heads and shoulders of two Managers who are leaving the box. Below (right) a profile looks gloomily towards the stage. Fox is 'E Another Manager a great Actor very anxious about the fate of the Farce'. The others are 'eee Other Managers very well dress 'd [cf. BMSat 7309] but not very capital performers some of them tired of acting'. Just outside the box is the profile head of Francis, his baleful stare (as in BMSat 7292, &c.) fixed on the bust. He is: 'F The Prompter, no Character in ye farce but very useful behind the Scenes.' The outside of the box ('G The Managers Box') is traversed by the winding track of a snail, beginning in '1787' and meandering past '1788', '1789', '1790', '1791', '1792', '1793', '1794', the snail's head touching '1795'. A rat has gnawed a hole in the front of the box, though which he peers; in his mouth is a ticket: 'Permit the Bearer to Pass & Repass 1787 renew'd 1795', on which are indicated the arms of Sir Peter Burrell (on all tickets of admission, cf. BMSat 7276). Above the design is a stage curtain with the usual motto, 'Veluti in Speculum'. Below the stage (right) appear, in an oblong aperture fringed with flames ('H. a Court below to which the Managers retire upon quitting the Stage.'), the head and hands of a corpse-like Devil holding a pitchfork which points directly to the Managers' box. He is 'I Usher of the Mack Rod there'. He says: "By the pricking of my Thumbs, Something wicked, this Way comes." Below the 'Explanation: The Scene lies in an old Hall (formerly a Court of Law).'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 63.
- Publisher:
- Published 8th May 1795 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Francis, Philip, 1740-1818, and Westminster Hall (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Cauldrons, Stages (Platforms), and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The last scene of the managers farce [graphic]
20. The maiden brief, Dick Gradus's first appearance among the worthies of Westminster Hall [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Augt. 2, 1824.
- Call Number:
- 824.08.02.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Parliament.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Sherwood, Jones, & Co.
- Subject (Name):
- Westminster Hall (London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The maiden brief, Dick Gradus's first appearance among the worthies of Westminster Hall [graphic]
21. The trial of Lord Strafford [graphic]
- Creator:
- Collyer, Joseph, 1748-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 October 1774]
- Call Number:
- 774.10.01.04
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Image contained within an ornamental frame., Book illustration. Placement instructions above image: Vol. X, pa. 29., and Temporary local subject terms: Historical illustrations: Lord Strafford's treason trial, 1641.
- Publisher:
- Published as the act directs, 10 Oct. 1774, by J. Johnson, St. Pauls Church Yd.
- Subject (Name):
- Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 1593-1641. and Westminster Hall (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors and Judicial proceedings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The trial of Lord Strafford [graphic]
22. View of Westminster Hall and Bridge [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 February 1810]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 646 808 M58 v.3
- Collection Title:
- V. 3 Microcosm of London.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View of the Thames from Lambeth, with Westminster Hall on the opposite shore at the left, and Westminster Bridge at the right; in the foreground to the left men raise the sails of a boat, to their right a number of people hurry towards the river."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 104., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 278.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Feb. 1, 1810, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Westminster Bridge (London, England), Thames River (England), London (England), England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Westminster Hall (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Waterfronts, Buildings, Bridges, Rivers, Sailboats, and Rowboats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > View of Westminster Hall and Bridge [graphic]
23. Westminster Hall [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 December 1809]
- Call Number:
- Topos L847 no. 127+
- Collection Title:
- V. 3 Microcosm of London.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Interior view of Westminster Hall, showing the grand hammerbeam roof; groups of figures cluster in hall."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 94., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 235.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Decr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Westminster Palace (London, England), and Westminster Hall (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Halls, Roofs, and Ceilings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Westminster Hall [graphic]
24. Westminster Hall [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 December 1809]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 646 808 M58 v.3
- Collection Title:
- V. 3 Microcosm of London.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Interior view of Westminster Hall, showing the grand hammerbeam roof; groups of figures cluster in hall."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 94., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 235., and 1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 28.2 x 23.7 cm, on sheet 34 x 27 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Decr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Westminster Palace (London, England), and Westminster Hall (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Halls, Roofs, and Ceilings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Westminster Hall [graphic]
25. [The champion of the King at the coronation of William and Mary] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Pickaert, Pieter, 1668 or 9-ca. 1732, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1688 and 1698]
- Call Number:
- 689.04.11.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The King's champion challenges anyone opposing the King's authority; the King standing underneath a large drapery in a room of his palace on the left; courtiers surround him; his champion standing in the centre; three knights on horseback approach from the right; spectators in the back."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1849,0210.500., Series title given in the British Museum online catalogue: Engelants Schoutonneel., Two lines of text in Dutch on the left below image: S. Konings voorvegter daagt aldie geen die Koning William de III ..., Two lines of text in French on the right below image: Le champion du Roy fait un défi á tous ceux ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Joint coronation of William III and Mary II, April 11, 1689 -- Coronation challenge -- Coronation cups: silver-gilt chalice -- Champion of the King -- Yeomen of the Guard -- Royal canopies -- Constable's staff -- Royal arms upon shield -- Coronation banquet in the Westminster Hall -- Corner chairs -- Heralds -- Corinthian columns -- Westminster Hall -- Wall decoration -- Halberds -- Gloves: gauntlets -- Lion & unicorn -- Coronation costume.
- Publisher:
- Adriaan Schoonebeek
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- William III, King of England, 1650-1702, Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694, and Westminster Hall (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Coronation, History, Interiors, Coronations, Draperies, Chandeliers, Columns, Windows, Ceremonial maces, Crowns, Knights, and Spectators
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The champion of the King at the coronation of William and Mary] [graphic]
